Shade-bracket rod



| M. MOORE SHADE BRACKET ROD Filed Sept. 2 1922 Patented Dec. 16, 1924.

UNITED STATES LONNIE M. IJIOORE, OF. HOPKIITSVILLE, KENTUCKY.

SHADE-BRACKET ROD.

Application filed September 23, 1922. Serial No. 590,157.

. T all whom it may concem:

. new and useful Improvements in Shade- Bracket Pods, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to curtain rods and more particularly to suchrods as are employed in connection with double windows.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, convenient andeffective curtain rod which may be easily adjusted to fit a doublewindow of any width, within the limits of the device, and which may beeasily attached to and detached .from the window casing. The inventionalso contemplates the provision of a. curtain rod of the characterdescribed, on, which shade brackets may be ad justably mounted. In orderthat the invention. may be readily understood, reference is had to theaccompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the upper part of a double window,showing my improved rod applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, the window frame or casing being shown insection;

Fig. 3 is a section on an enlarged scale, substantially on the line 3-3of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary longitudinal section on an enlarged scale,through one of the supporting arms hereinafter described; and

Fig. 5 is a face view of the supporting arm illustrated in Fig. 4, therod being shown in section.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the double window is illustrated ascomprising the usual side members 1 and middle frame member 2.

My improved rod comprises a central section 3 and two end sections 4,the sections 4 telescoping into the ends of the central section 3 andyieldingly held therein by means of tension springs 5 having their endsongaged over hooks formed by tongues 6 struck out from the body of thesections 3 and 4. The shape of? these sections and the manner in whichthe springs 5 and tongues 6 are constructed and assembled is the same asshown in my prior Patent No. 1,470,578, dated Oct. 9, 1923.

In order to attach the central section 8 of my improved curtain rod tothe middle frame member 2 of the double window, so that it may berigidly supported, I provide a pair of supporting arn'is 9, each securedto a sleeve '7 slidably mounted on the central section 3 of the rod andadapted to be secured in adjusted position by means of a set screw 8.The arms 9 carry at their ends, prongs or spurs 10, which are adapted tobite intothe side faces of the middle frame member 2, as shown in Fig.2, two of such spurs being employed in connection with each arm 9 so asto rigidly hold the same.

Sin'iilar spurs 4 are carried at the inwardly bent ends of the sections4 and are adapted to bite into the outer faces of the side frame members1, under the influence of the springs 5.

In order to support shade rollers on my improved curtain rod, I providefour shade brackets 11, 12', 13 and 14. Two of these brackets, 11 and12, are secured to the central section 3, at a point intermediate thetwo supporting arms 9, while the other brackets, 13 and 14, are mountedupon the sections 4, adjacent the side frame members 1.

The manner of attaching these shade brackets to'the rod is the same asthat described in detail in my above mentioned application. That is tosay, each bracket, such as 11, is secured to a base plate 15, whichcarries at its upper end a resilient clip 16, attached to the plate 15at one end, as by means of a rivet 17, the plate 15 and clip 16 beingarranged to straddle over the rod. The rod sections 3 and 4 each areprovided with a series of perforations 19, adjacent the said bracketsand each clip 16 carries one or more inwardly projecting studs 18, whichare adapted to snap into and engage any desired one of the holes 19. Atongue 20 is preferably struck up from the base plate 15 and is sopositioned as to engage under the curtain rod, as clearly shown in Fig.3. Thus, by disengaging the studs 18 from the holes 19, the saidbrackets may be adj usted longitudinally of the rod sections and securedthereto at any desired point. It will be understood that all of the:said brackets 11, l2, l3 and 14 are mounted on the rod sections by thissame means, as shown in Fig. 3. It will be noted that the sleeves 7 andsupporting arms 9 may be adjusted longitudinally of the central section3, so as to accommodate middle frame members of different widths, thearms being simply pushed into engagement with the opposite sides of theframe members 1, by reason of the tension of the springs 5, which aresecured at one end to -the members 4 and at the other end to the fixedcentral member 3.

What I-claim is:

1. A self alining rod for double windows comprising a straight,substantially rigid central section, means for securing said section tothe middle frame member of the window so that it is rigidly supportedthereby, said section extending horizontally across such middle framemember and having its ends projecting partially over each windowopening, a pair of substantially rigid end sections adjust-ablyconnected toand in alinement with the projecting ends of said centralsection to form therewith a continuous rod, lying in a single plane,means for securing the outer ends of the said end sections tothe. sideedges of the side frame members of the window, the inner ends of saidend sections being supported by said central section,

' a pair of shade brackets mounted on said central section adjacent thesecuring means,

and an additional shade bracket carried by each of said end sections.

2. A shade bracket rod for double windows comprising a straight centraland two end sections, ladjustably connected, and a pair of arms,slidably mounted on said central section, and adapted to engage oppositeside faces of the vertical middle frame member of the window.

3. A shade bracket rod for double windows, said rod being provided witha pair of arms adjustable toward and from each other, longitudinally ofsaid rod and having at-their ends spurs adapted to bite into theopposite side faces of the Vertical middle frame member of the window,so as to sup port said rod.

4. A shade bracket rod for double windows, said rod being provided witha. pair I of arms adjustable toward and from each other, longitudinallyof said rod and having at their ends spurs adapted to bite into theopposite side faces of the middle frame mem ber of the window, and apair of shade brackets secured tosaid rod at a point between said arms.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

LONNIE M. MOORE.

(Certificate of (Correction. 0,

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,519,548, grantedDecember 16, 1924, upon the application of Lonnie M. Moore, ofHopkinsville, Kentucky, for an improvement in Shade-Bracket Rods, anerror appears in the printed specification requiring correction asfollows: Page 1, after line 112 insert the Words the frame member andsecured in position, and page 2, line 2, strike out the Words the framemember and secured in position and that the said Letters Patent shouldbe read with this correction therein that the same may conform to therecord of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 10th day of March, A. D. 1925.

[SEAL-1 KARL FENNING,

Acting Commissioner of Patents,

